Book-stand.



. I PATENT-ED DEG 25,1906.

R. e. TUTTL'E. I

BOOK STAND. APPLICATION FILED JAILB, 1906.

TPII Remus PETERS ca, WASHINGTON, n c,

, To all whom it concern: I

- UNITED TATES.

PATENT oFFIcE.

, R BERT GAMEWELL TUTTLE, or 'BREVARD, NORTH cARoLINA.

.BOOK- STAND.

Be it (known that 1, ROBERT .GA EWELL TUTTLE, a citizen of the. United States, re-

? sidingat Brevard, in the county of Transyl- Vania and State of North Carolina, have invented a newand useful Book-Stand, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to book-standsgo'f the class wherein the books are supported upon holding devices movabl-y and adjustably connected to a standard, and has for its object to improve the construction and inj transverse section, enlarged, on the line 4 4.

of Fig.2. Fig, 5 is an end view illustrating crease the efficiency of devices of this class.

With these' and other objects in view,

which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the invention consists incertaln novel features of constructlon,

' as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and inwhich corre-' sponding parts are denoted. by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of theembodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical op- 2 a modified constructoin of portions of the "device. Fig.6 is a plan view of a portio'n of one of the brackets, illustrating another modification in the construction. I

- The improved device is designed more particularly. for supporting reference-books,

atlases, and similar large and bulky volumes vinconvenient position for use by a person without leaving his seat and itconsists in general of a standard having a plurality of brackets slidable and rotativethereon, each .justed to any bracket carrying a book-supporting shelf swinging vertically thereon, so that the book may betilted to any desired angle or addesired'height for the convenience of the reader.

p The standard portion of the device con sists. of a circular staff 10, preferably tubular, having a supporting foot or brace 11 and preferably with a stationary book-shelf 12 ,of any approved design or size; Slidable upon the standard 10 are a plurality of collars '13, each with aset-screw 14, whereby they may -be coupled to the standard at any Specification of Letters Patent. I implicationfileddanufiy 6,1906.- Serial No. 294,893.

Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

Bearing against each arm 17 is a plate 20, having a lateral stud 21, having a terminal hook for engaging the slot 19, and with a vertically-extending perforated ear22, spaced fromv and correspondingto the earz18, so.

that a clamp-screw 23 may be passed through both ears.

movement of the plate 20, while the terminal hook on the same by bearing against the'opposite side of the bracket effectually pre- The body of the stud- 21 fills the slot 19 and thus prevents vertical desired oint. Rotatively supported upon each col ar is a bracket formed with spaced collars 15 16 and laterally-extendingarm17, the latter being provided with a vertical per-: forated ear 18 and a longitudinal slot 19.

vents lateral movement of the arm. One

clamp-screw 23 only, therefore, is required to hold the plate in position. the ears 18 22 is an ear 24, extending from an arm '25, the latter having lateral branches 26 and supporting the shelf 27. The clampscrew 23 thus extends through the three ears and provides means whereby .the arm 25, with its shelf 27, may be adjusted vertically to any desired angle relative to the arm 17 and maintained at any desired adjusted position.

Any desired number of .the adjustablev brackets and their shelves may be employed upon the standard, and the shelves may be of. any required size or form, corresponding to, the sizes or forms of the books or other articles 7 to be supported.

The improved device enables a person sitting at a desk or table to bring any desired book or other article within easy reach and quickly adjust the shelf containing'it to any desired angle convenient to the eye and with out the necessity for handling the volume or moving from his seat.

Fitting between In Fig. 5 one of the lateral branches 26 of the arm 25 is provided with ears 28, in which a link 29 is pivoted, the link carrying a bar 30, swinging from its free end. Aspring 31 connects the bar and branch 26 and operates to hold the bar 30 yieldingl in engagement with the book, (represented at 32.) By this means the book is maintained yieldably in closed position upon the shelf and easily opened when required, the spring yielding to the slight force required to open the book. Then when the book is closed the bar 30 will follow the movable portion of the book and cause the shelf member to constantly bear thereon and hold the book in closed position Ioo Ing

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and prevent accidental displacement. A carrying a book-support, and a clamp-bolt small spring 33 is connected between the shelf 27 and the plate 20 to hold the shelf yieldably in closed position and to return the book to its horizontal position after using. The branch portion 26 of the swinging member 25 is preferably swiveled upon said member at 34, as shown in Fig. 6, to increase the convenience of the device.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. In an adjustable book-stand, a standard, a bracket rotatively and adjustably disposed upon said standard and provided with a vertical ear at the free end and a transverse slot intermediate the ends, a plate having a stud engaging said slot and an ear spaced from the ear of said bracket, an arm eXtend' ing at one end between said spaced ears and operating through said ears and the or' the arm between them.

2. In an adjustable book-stand, a standard, a bracket rotatively and adjustably disposed upon said standard, an arm swinging from said bracket and carrying a booksupport, a bar adapted for bearing upon the book when disposed upon said support, a link movably coupling said bar and arm, and a spring operating to hold said bar in closed position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT GAMEWELL TUT'ILE.

portion Witnesses:

T. T. LOFTIS, T. B. SUMMEY. 

